Railway safety and crime

23.07.07:
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents has presented Giffen Group Plc one of its prestigious occupational health & safety awards. The gold award was presented at a special ceremony at the Hilton Metropole in Birmingham at the end...

23.07.07:
Smoking at stations became a thing of the past on Britain’s railways on Sunday 1 July when the government’s legislation prohibiting smoking in public places in England came into effect.
This brings the railways in England in lin...

21.06.07:
60 engineers dedicated to improving the safety and security of passengers travelling on the London Underground
Tube Lines, the company responsible for rebuilding the Jubilee, Northern and Piccadilly lines, is transforming Brent Cross statio...

01.05.07:
News about drug and alcohol abuse is often in the headlines nowadays. More often than not it is linked to a story about crime or social decline saying that drug use within the teenage and adult community in the UK is increasing, but it is rarely...

01.03.07:
Passenger Focus, the independent national rail consumer watchdog, has welcomed the announcement by the Secretary of State for Transport that 1000 carriages are going to be bought to help alleviate overcrowding.
Passenger Focus chief executi...

01.03.07:
Once an esoteric technology, digital mapping is powering mainstream applications like in-car navigation. The same technology is also transforming business operations including transportation.
Transportation infrastructure operators strive t...

01.03.07:
Rail industry employers have become increasingly aware of the benefits of developing a sound occupational health strategy which goes beyond all the statutory obligations and deals with issues such as flu protection and post-trauma counselling.
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01.03.07:
Network Rail can now predict risk at all types of level crossings in the UK, enabling better informed decision making through the deployment of ALCRM (all level crossing risk model) from Strategic Thought.
Network Rail took over the railway...

01.03.07:
Halcrow, in partnership with Arriva Trains Wales (ATW), has won the Rail Safety and Security Excellence of the Year award at the HSBC Rail Business Awards 2006 in London. The awards, which are in their eighth year, recognise excellence in busine...

01.03.07:
Derek McGovern, chairman of the Anti-Graffiti Association, looks forward to this year’s national conference
Those of us who work in the rail industry well know that the railway is a dangerous environment. Unfortunately, graffiti vanda...

01.03.07:
Express Medicals Ltd is well known within the rail industry as a provider of PTS medicals and drug & alcohol testing. While these remain vital health and safety measures for the industry, new legal requirements are also crucial for many comp...

01.01.07:
Within the last years the methodology of safety measures for on track work sites as well as the corresponding technology have changed. Track worker safety is a vital aspect when planning work sites.
The railway industry therefore demanded a...

01.01.07:
Stations across the country are tackling the problem of slips, trips and falls.
Austin Reynolds Ltd has recently installed its fibreglass slip resistant stair treads and landing covers to more than 40 train stations, with orders for a further...

01.01.07:
Vital Rail is a subsidiary of Vital Services Group and provider of engineering support, technical and safety training services to the rail industry.
As part of Vital Rail’s continuing ‘commitment to safety’ programme, rail...

editor's comment

Despite a few disappointing policy announcements, especially for the electrification aficionados amongst us, 2017 was, like Darren Caplan writes on page 20, a year generally marked by positive news for the rail industry. We polished off the iconic Ordsall Chord (p32), hit some solid milestones on Thameslink (p40), progressed on ambitious rolling stock orders (p16), and finally started moving forward on HS2 (p14) ‒ paving the way for a New Ye...read more >

last word

This summer, Arriva Group's CrossCountry and the Scout Association joined to launch a new partnership to promote rail safety among young people. Chris Leech MBE, business community manager at the...more >more last word articles >

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